Cook - Hourly

Deercreekseniorliving; Twin Falls (ID); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pennant Group, Inc. is seeking a dedicated cook to support dining services in its senior living community. You will prepare meals, read recipes for consistency, and assist with dining experiences that meet resident expectations.

Responsibilities include handling stock, maintaining safety and sanitation, and collaborating with the Food Service Director and staff to deliver high-quality meals across breakfast, lunch, and dinner shifts.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of cooking experience, including some short order cooking.
• Serv-Safe certification, or willingness to obtain upon hire.
• Ability to read recipes and follow instructions precisely.
• Knowledge of dietary needs for residents and proper meal prep techniques.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner as assigned.
• Read and follows recipes to ensure consistency and presentation quality.
• Order, receive, and rotate stock with the Food Service Director.
• Maintain sanitation and safety procedures and support resident dining expectations.
• Assist with meeting resident dining preferences and engage with staff as a team.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Multi-tasking

Short order cooking

Education

Serv-Safe certification

Job description

About the Opportunity

Ensures efficient, timely, and friendly service to all residents and staff. Maintains proper sanitation and safety procedures and high quality food preparation and presentation. Orders, receives, and rotates stock in conjunction with the Food Service Director. Reads and follows recipes to ensure consistency of the product. Prepares and serves food items for breakfast, lunch or dinner as assigned. Assists with meeting or exceeding resident dining expectations. Is knowledgeable in food preparation techniques and presentation. Other relevant duties may be required or assigned by Supervisor.

Critical Success Factors

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, and comprehend the same.
• Willingness to learn new food preparation techniques and presentation.
• Knowledge of special dietary needs of residents and the required meal prep techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a team.
• Must display team behaviors.
• Ability to effectively deal with conflict or customer complaints.
• Ability to focus on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Follows all food safety and equipment safety procedures.
• Knowledge of and compliance with community quality standards and requirements.
• Ability to "short order" cook.
• Must be dependable, punctual, self-motivated, and able to work without constant supervision.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of cooking experience (some short order cooking) and quantity cooking.
• Must possess Serv-Safe certification, or willing to obtain upon hire.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

About Our Employer

The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.

PSL is the most progressive company in the exploding healthcare services field today. Dedicated to restoring public confidence in the healthcare industry, PSL has assembled a team of highly competent, dedicated and caring individuals who are creating a new standard of excellence for healthcare providers everywhere. PSL currently serves over 50 long-term care facilities in six Western states. These facilities have no corporate headquarters or traditional management hierarchy. Instead, they operate independently with support from the "Service Center", a world-class service team that provides the centralized clinical, legal, risk management, HR, training, accounting, IT and other resources necessary to allow on-site leaders and caregivers to focus squarely on day-to-day care and business issues in their individual facilities. As an organization, we are deeply committed to our mission of providing life-changing service to our residents, employees and the communities we serve.